In a house overlooking Dublin Bay, Mimi and her daughter Grace are disturbed by the unexpected arrival of Grace's daughter Polly, and her new boyfriend. The events of the next few days will lead both of them to reassess the shape of their lives.
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Superbly executed... by turns funny, revealing and sad, the novel is both enchanted and enchanting' Daily Telegraph Cool, crafted poise and sly wit' Penny Perrick, The Times 'Jennifer Johnston's latest novel is a modern fairy tale with a dark theme... she handles [her material] so delicately, so deftly and wittily that we willingly suspend disbelief' Margaret Walters, Sunday Times 'Jennifer Johnston spins her yarn into a shimmering confection whose surface limpidity conceals layer upon layer of narrative meaning, yet whose overall effect is of simplicity, lightness and ease... This is a novel of immense sophistication, familiar yet distant as the moon of the title' Irish Times
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Jennifer Johnston is one of the foremost Irish writers of her, or any generation. She has won the Whitbread Prize (The Old Jest), the Evening Standard Best First Novel Award (for The Captains and the Kings), the Yorkshire Post Award, Best Book of the Year (twice, for The Captains and the Kings and How Many Miles to Babylon). She has also been shortlisted for the Booker Prize with Shadows on our Skin.
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Two Moons--A book with symbolism to blow your mind,
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Two Moons is an excellent novel. Its use of symbolism throughout the novel is amazing. The book has a strong theme of guilt between all the characters and also has a small focus on old age and the preparation of death. It is a good read, not a long read and very poetic and a fantastic ending.
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Magical Realism on the Irish coast,
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Imaginative tale of three generations of Irish women, and their men. However, my favorite of Johnston's books still remains "the Illusionist."
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Soylent Dick Says: An Inspiration, even though nothing happens!!!!,
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You might ask: how could I describe it as an inspiration whilst only giving it one star? The answer is simple: I thought that if someone could write a drab, uneventful book such as this, and get it published, surely I could do the same - hopefully with a better story.Some years ago I had to review this book for some further study I was undertaking. I cannot remember what I told the group about it. But I wish I had stuck to my first impressions: "In this book, nothing happens."
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